| 2025 | Hagstone | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Hagstone | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2023 | Hagstone | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2020 | Constellations | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2020 | The Art of the Glimpse | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2019 | Constellations: Reflections from Life | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Biography | |
| 2019 | Constellations | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2019 | Constellations | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2016 | The Glass Shore | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2015 | The Long Gaze Back | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |